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date: 2021-10-02
title: "Elixir, A Little Beyond The Basics"
description: "lists are a fundamental part of Elixir. Being implemented as linked list, this is significantly different than most languages, with far reaching implications"
tags: [elixir]
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<p>This short series is aimed at Elixir developers who are familiar with the basics and wish to gain a more fundamental understanding. In some sense, it aims to answer some of the "why's" of the language. I feel that Elixir is a relatively easy language to get started with, but that it can only be mastered by exploring its great depth.</p>

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  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-1-lists/>lists</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-0-introduction/>introduction</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-2-iolist/>iolist</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-3-maps/>maps</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-4-structures/>structures</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-5-tuples-and-records/>tuples and records</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-6-processes/>processes</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-7-supervisors/>supervisors</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-8-genservers/>genservers</a>
  <li><a href=/Elixir-A-Little-Beyond-The-Basics-Part-9-erlang/>erlang</a>
</ul>

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